Snowy Owl

[Jim Crosswell]

This was taken in mid March near my house. We had unseasonably warm weather for a couple of weeks. These owls are beautiful. All C&Cs are welcome and appreciated.

Canon 40D
500L f4
1.4 Extender
ISO 400
1/500s
f11
Ev 0.67
Tripod

[Matthew Studebaker]

Excellent exposure, wonderful eye contact and detail. It's interesting seeing this species on green grass.

[Grace Scalzo]

I agree with Matthew, interesting to see one on green grass. Like the nice even lighting.

[Yves Guillot]

Unusual view of this species for me : I always see it on snow! Nice shot!

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Jim, how fortunate to have Snowy's close to your house. Excellent whites on the snowy, and love the eye contact. Your eye level capture is perfect.

[Richard Stern]

Hi,

I agree with the above comments, and I love how the rounded shape of the head stands out from the green bg.

Richard

[Daniel Cadieux]

My first thought was that this guy was resting near a golf course, with a bunker visible inthe BG:S3: Super setting, excellent techs.

[dankearl]

Very cool setting for this guy. Nice angle, it does look like a golf course!

[arash_hazeghi]

Excellent shot Jim, you were so luck to see one of these near your house!!!

[Jim Crosswell]

Thanks everyone for your comments and suggestions. I never thought about the golf course look. It was a lucky find for me.